Action for Carers (Oxfordshire) Ltd

Analysis

Action for Carers (Oxfordshire) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08125002). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Action for Carers (Oxfordshire) Ltd reported income of £1.0m and spending of £839k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £786k to £1.0m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Action for Carers (Oxfordshire) Ltd sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bassetlaw Action Centre (£1.0m), The Migraine Trust (£1.0m) and Able (Action for a Better Life) (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,000. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £582k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.